EXPERTS ACTUALLY SAVED Rick Harrison From Losing Everything

wouldn't touch this with a 10t pole there's people that have done 10 months in House rest and paid like 20 grand in fines for selling this stuff illegally this is the kind of stuff that can get me in hot water it's a felony to own this thing a counterfeit bill is not legal [Music] to a customer brings political memorabilia to the shop I have some political memorabilia the Secret Service ID for Jay Howard McGrath attorney general United States letter signed to him by J G Hoover and half of a $10 bill signed to him you know I never got the Secret Service because everybody knows they exist where did you get these I bought them from his grandson mcgraph was the Attorney General under Truman late 40s early 50s I don't think McGrath was actually in the Secret Service but being the attorney general I'm sure he get any credentials he wanted I believe that is half of a counterfeit $10 bill they signed it to the attorney general you sure it's counterfit just not a bad misprint I don't know misprint bills can be worth a lot of money to collectors but counterfeit money that's a whole different story it's a federal offense to use a counterfeit bill so I'm assuming you can't own one Rick takes a close look to verify their legitimacy yeah it's counterfeit All American currency they throw silk rat in with the paper so if you pick up a bill and you look at it closely you'll see little red blue lines all over it if that's not there it's not real this doesn't have any of those all right I don't even think it's legal to own this thing this is an amazing collection you just never see stuff like this but it scares the hell out of me this is the kind of stuff that can get me in hot water these three things right here I really want to get checked out I'm not 100% positive but I'm pretty sure it's a felony to own this thing let me go make a phone call I'll be right back I'm really hoping it's legal to keep the stuff because it's awesome an expert comes in to provide more details now let me take a look here oh yes this is his secret service credential the embossing the seal is right on this so this is all right Rick expresses his concerns how collectible is this guy and is any of this stuff legal own having a White House pass they are not real common they are collected that on the other hand you don't want a counterfeit bill is not legal to own obviously these guys were probably involved in whatever case this came out of gave it to him as a souvenir this is the sort of thing that you don't want to own can we shred it no best thing to do is turn that in to the the Secret Service okay the seller offers a price how much you want for I'd like $1,000 not going to happen no one knows who he was this one's not stamped retired you heard him say it was rare how about 800 four yeah I mean I I need to get five yeah I'll give you 500 bucks got a deal all right come with me man a lady brings a poker cheating device to the shop they were used to cheat at playing poker cards a lot of people got killed with those in this town really neat little engineering here any idea of what you want for it I'm thinking um the range is anywhere from 600 to 6,000 Cory calls an expert I'm going to have to call a friend of mine you ever heard of the saying there's nothing up my sleeve well this is the device that it started from this is actually a Martin San Francisco card hold out so what do you think it's it's worth between $1,500 and $2,200 I would give you 800 bucks 2,000 there's no money to be made I'd give you like 800 bucks it's it's going to be difficult to sell 13 $900 $900 all right a customer comes into the shop to sell a turtle shell guitar I have this guitar here and I wasn't sure whether or not I could legally sell it yeah I've never had anyone ask me if it's legal to sell their guitar it's a tortoise shell where in the world did you get this I bought it at a pawn shop for some reason I was drawn to it I've done a little bit of research on it the UK government has one that They confiscated through customs there's a very limited amount of them it looks cool and it's incredibly durable but some tortoises became endangered so in the early '70s the trade in tortoise shell was banned I don't know if it's early '70s or older which would determine whether it's legal for me to buy this thing you have to think about it a bald eagle feather is a $10,000 fine the expert shares more details about the item I have a friend with the store right down the street so he might know the laws on it making a new guitar at a tortoise shell would be against the law then we're looking at an extremely rare find here this is the guitar I called you about sea turtle maybe do you have any idea how these sound you know I know that Bluegrass guys prefer a real tortoise shell pick because of the sound looks like it'd be a weird scale length the neck looks really short kind of have no idea it could sound amazing Rick shows his concerns basically is a legal to own any idea what it's worth it's kind of a tough one because I don't think you get in any trouble owning it it's been around forever people been making stuff out of tortoise but I don't know about selling it you could probably get some money for and somebody did a lot of work work on the in Lan this kind of a tough one honestly dude I wouldn't touch this with a 10-ft pole there's people that have done 10 months of In-House rest and paid like 20 grand in fines for selling this stuff illegally thanks no problem good luck with it man hey thank you this lady is looking to sell a very unusual gun it's a desk but it's not really a desk it's actually a gun when you push down on the ink well a bullet fires out through the trap door I have no idea how much it's worth I just really am curious if I sell it that's fine if I don't I'm okay with that too I got it in an estate sale I was just looking for a nice little desk to put a guest book on had a really good look inside it and said you know this isn't a desk this is a gun never seen a desk as a gun I just don't get it I mean you're really not going to stop anybody if you shoot them in the thigh with a small 22 like that the bullet is not going to come out with a lot of power I have never seen one before I have I only buy guns that are made 1898 and back the problem I have here is I don't know the date this thing was made Rick is amazed but he needs the help of an expert I really want this desk it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen so where's the gun this is the gun what press there there's the trigger you ever seen one I've never seen this what is the practical application that's that's what's going through my head I don't see one myself I've never seen anything like this it could have been even just a oneoff or maybe a movie prop I don't know how old this thing is the barrel is so tiny but it's open-ended could shoot a projectile the expert has some news for this customer and what to do it's one to have a gun but now you have a concealed weapon because it's a hidden gun any kind of markings on the firing mechanism there was the beginnings of a patent number it said patent one it looks to be in that 1890s to about 1910 it's not worth the risk you'd have to bring it to a gunsmith and have him professionally deactivate the mechanism I'd love to do that Ben off that's what I'll do I wish I could help you out more it's just one of those things thanks for bringing it in oh you're welcome a cold war item has Rick amazed this is known as a infrared heat seeker for The Sidewinder missiles I'm coming down to the pawn shop to sell my infrared heat Seekers for there's a lot of collectors out there would love to own one uh no we've never had a guidance system for a missile were used to guide the side Winder missiles so where did you get this thing well my father used to do military surplus bidding in the 70s and ' 80s he bid on empty shipping containers 400 of them sealed bid he won it for $25 as he's loading them into the truck he noticed some were heavy and these were inside do you have paperwork from the Department of Defense saying you can own this thing yes and this is all from the Department of Navy it looks like it's good to go in 1964 this was so Hightech it was unbelievable is this thing what she says it is or if it's legal to buy what the hell you going to do with it I mean are they worth any money I mean let me go give someone a call I know what's going on with it great the expert is left amazed I'm a US Marine Corps fa8 pilot with 17 years of experience now this is a very interesting item I'm really surprised that you own this do you have documents that say that you can have this it's actually a A9 heat seeker head very rare to have that outside of a military base let alone in a pawn shop in Las Vegas this item is basically the top foot and a half of a 9-ft heat seeking missile uh probably came out early 1960s this was leading technology he has some more unbelievable news but also some bad news uh back in the 1960s actually this missile was compromised a year later the Communists had the exact same missile so that Advantage we had initially in Vietnam was gone by the late 1960s so you're not like a Russian spy or anything are you it's in good shape on a 1 to 10 scale as a fighter pilot I'd give it about a nine Rick goes into negotiations and gets the better out of the deal really commercial value nothing I'll be honest with you thanks man you bet appreciate you coming out good to see you so how much are we looking to get out of this about $3,000 no I'm thinking 500 bucks you don't think this is worth more with 750 is out of the question 750 is out of the question I'll go 550 bucks okay well we have more I'll take by 50 okay even if I don't sell it I'm just as happy having it sit on my shelf we have a customer with a mass destruction item I think I have the deadliest item that's ever walked through your door what is it it's a Russian ICB M launch key seriously it would launch a thermonuclear weapon I usually describe them as the keys to the end of the world as we know it how much do you want for them somewhere along the lines of 10,000 my concern is is how simple they look I could make these in my garage out of aluminum so I called in my buddy Mark authenticating Rick has his friend Mark come in and take a look these are nice they're launch key you ever worked with titanium if you made this out of titanium you've got a bigger garage than anyone that I know a lot of folks tend to think that they were used for like icbms nuclear missiles and that sort of thing but no they were used for launching spacecraft okay so they're still probably a pretty rare item yeah they they are rare because there were a lot more ICBM keys out there Rick still wants the item so they get into a negotiation war with the customer now that I know what these things really are I got to admit I want them you know I would give you like $1,500 for them $1,500 huh okay um I'll keep it okay well thanks thank you up next we have a customer with a very unique War item I came down to the pawn shop today to try to sell my World War II grenade I really have no idea what it's worth it's super rare so hopefully it's worth a lot well there's no um boomy stuff inside of it so what do you know about it it was either made by the OSS or the CIA 60 years ago well you got a lot of balls for buying a grenade and then taking it apart I've never seen a design like this the only thing I know is ekc means Eastman Kodak company let me call it Tony down at the gun store until I get it checked out I have no idea what it's worth Rick needs some help so he calls in Tony this is a grenade that was made for the OSS it was the Forerunner to CIA this would normally be filled with TNT this screws on us like that and then this goes in like this 43 people were injured during the testing three people died how much did you pay $5 you did real good good so I got some gas money coming my you got you got car money coming it turns out Rick has something a very one-of-a-kind item in his hands the last time I saw one of these for sale was in 2007 and it's sold for over $2,000 thanks for coming in Tony I appreciate it this thing is beyond cool and I definitely want the damn thing so how much do you want for it well um I'm thinking 16 now you can do that all right let's go WR it up sounds good psyched I got this grenade it was a great bind it doesn't get any cooler than this counterfeit documents confiscated during World War II are brought into the shop by a lady these are counterfeit documents that were confiscated from a Nazi spy during World War II my grandfather was a really big world or to collector I'm hoping to get about $8,000 believe it or not we did not have an actual Spy Service before World War II Franklin delanor Roosevelt created the oss the office of strategic Services I think this is like possibly counterfeit documents from the Germans how much did you want for these uh I was hoping for 8,000 I give you 4,000 for them Cory recommends Rick to call an expert but Rick negotiates the price instead how do you know that the fake stuff is actual real fake stuff I got this on would you take 4,000 for it about six I'd pay you 5,000 for it it sounds good thanks I actually know some higher up I made some phone calls now I'm going to go to an undisclosed location hopefully they can give me some good news this is going to be really cool and a little scary are you Rick I'm Rick welcome to CIA I have some documents I think are associated with the OSS I'd love for you to take a look at them these are them I believe these are counterfeit IDs and I think some of this stuff was counterfeit by the Germans maybe the Americans were working on stuff so can you authenticate this stuff they look very real but as a government official I can't authenticate these artifacts the head of the OSS research and development program I created a scrapbook highlighting all the best counterfeit items that the OSS did the CIA Museum director opens a book to compare the documents all sort of similar to here you've got a registration certificate so these are the type of pocket litter as it's called that you would want to have in order to make it look like you really belong there that type of person was going to be very valuable for someone who's going to go overseas and be able to do these uh secret missions so at this point I'm pretty secure in my feeling that this was counterfeit stuff from the bad guys this customer has a few parchments detailing a soldier's career and everything he achieved during his military duty these are eight different parchments signed by different presidents following the career of one soldier from second Lieutenant to Brigadier General okay we have Lieutenant Colonel under Theodore Roosevelt along with William T being Secretary of War RI takes a closer look at the documents who was this guy uh this was uh Lorenzo w Cook second lieutenant in 1866 you just have a lot of paperwork here this one's neat Chester A Arthur 1883 seems like the guy moved up pretty far through the ranks in the military to actually get to the position of General is pretty rare which makes an interesting story and that can be a big selling point to collectors so how much do you want for the stuff I was thinking about 10 to 12,000 do you mind if I have someone look at all Rick calls in an expert which one of of these signatures are real which aren't a lot of these were signed by secretaries let me look at the uh Roosevelt Theo Johnson the main thing I'm looking for here is how the characters are formed especially if it's a secretarial signature the characters will be similar to the original but not quite the same one of these signatures is not real which one the Andrew Johnson Johnson notoriously HT his hand a couple months into his president and he started using a stamp the expert checks if they are real if you look really closely there you can see the way that the ink is attaching to the paper so this here is stamped the good news is that all the rest of them are real cool what do you think they're worth if you have it as a group it tells a story Grand is worth a th000 by itself the Teddy Roosevelt is worth about 750 by itself together with you can be looking to up to $10,000 all right well thanks girl you're the best I will give you 5 grand about 65 how about 5 grand 62 if you want the five grand I Got 5 grand deal all right a customer comes into the shop to sell a historical document of a man who helped develop the atomic bomb historical document of a gentleman that helped develop the atomic bomb the certificate is awarded an appreciation and his work essential to the production of the atomic bomb Loopsy he worked with magnetics and some amplifications he was a really brilliant scientist Rick asks for an offer how much you offer it um I'd like to get $1,100 for it's really cool like I said hisorical certificant but I give you $1 bucks for it I'd be willing to take 1,000 for it not going to happen what's the most you can give me Bock I understand I appreciate it have a good one man all right thank you a lady brings some old documents from the Pentagon I have old documents from the Pentagon from 1972 to early 1973 you weren't a spy or anything were you not at all where did you get these at a yard sale what are they I don't know a lot about them there's all kind of information about Vietnam there's information about the Olympic this is USSR International Affairs Vietnam developments sounds like stuff they wouldn't want like the media to know about it if you look on almost every page uh Lieutenant Colonel Morgan is written on each page who we think these were given to not supposed to be taking volumes of paper from Pentagon and bringing them home I mean I don't know if you're allowed to have these let me call someone down here and find out what the deal is with Rick decides to call an expert to summarize what's in them what concerns do you have about them are they rare and are they legal to own okay these are in fact daily reports what these were for was to allow people who were interested within the Pentagon to know what was being said in foreign markets what's interesting here is this is the scops copy the psychological Operations Division the person that was getting this was Doc the deputy director of operations for counterinsurgency and special Affairs it's openly available today yes they're legal D so they're not secet but you know they're not the sort of thing that a lot of people would collect it's not rare you can go to the library and look up and read everything on every one of the pages they're not rare they're not collectible and it's all public knowledge wouldn't want to make an offer on them I just don't see no money here at all thank you very much have a nice day Rick is the first one to see this document from a kidnapping case I've got some papers and documents from the Lindberg kidnapping case it was the crime of the century you're the first one to see this since the early 1940s is that picture of the baby picture of the ransom note so where did you get these these were willed to my grandmother the investigator some details on how the kidnapping was conducted are shared by Rick and the customer his little boy was kidnapped right around 10:00 at night a nanny went up to the room the kid was gone ladder going up to the wind weeks after the kidnapping they ended up finding the baby's body the kidnapper took the child killed the kid immediately or when he was coming down the ladder he dropped the kid the kidnappers wanted $50,000 and even though it was paid there was no sign of the Lindberg baby BR they traced the money back to him they found some of the ransom money in his house he ended up getting the death penalty for it most criminals are pretty stupid Beyond just records this guy seems to have actual evidence from the case itself there's original Ransom notes and actual nails from the Hopman house let me have someone look at all this stuff Rick seeks help from an expert is it real from what I'm seeing here looks to me that that this is all legitimately Leon hoy's uh papers but is this like collectible certainly there'd be researchers who would love this kind of stuff thanks how much did you want for it I have no idea for once in my life I'm overwhelmed with something I would give you $1,000 and I am just taking a complete shot in the dark would you go 2,000 aome no 1,500 would be it if I was to shop around a little bit offer will stand boy I I think I'll just pass them sorry we couldn't make a deal then I don't think $1,500 is that much money in this day and age thank you for watching and as always like And subscribe for more content

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